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L. & W. H. WADDELL. PORTABLE AND ADJUSTABLE HEAD BEST FOR CAR OR OTHER SEATS Patented Sept. 11,1883.

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Elm-Tn STATES LYTTELTON \VADDELIl AND WVILLIAM H. WADDELL, OF OHARLOTTESVILLE,

VIRGINIA.

I PORTABLE AND'ADJUSTABLE HEAD-REST FOR CAR OR OTHER SEATS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 284,925, dated September Ill, 1883,

Application filed April 13, 1883. (N model.) I

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LYTTELTON \VADDELL and VVILLIAM HWADDELL, of Oharlottesville, in the county of Albemarle and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable and Adj ustable Head-Rests for Car or other Seats; and we do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

IO which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the'letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

.I 5 This invention has for its object to provide certain improvements in portable and adjustable head-rests for car and other seats; and it consists incombining with the clamp or device by which the machine is held to the back of the seat a sliding block having suspended thereon a cushion, which block is adapted to be adjusted to any desired height and held thereat, as hereinafter explained; and it also consists in certain other details of construction,

whereby is obtained a side-rest for the head, or, in other words, one that is parallel to the arms of the seat, such construction possessing advantages which will be hereinafter more par ticularly described and pointed out.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1.is a perspective view embodying our improvements. Fig. 2 is a back view, and Fig. 3 is a view of the cushion detached.

The same letters denote corresponding parts in all the figures, in which A represents the bracket or clamp by which the contrivance is held or fitted to the back of the car or other seat whereon it may be intended to be used. This clamp, as is herein formed, consists of a '40 small iron rod of sufficient length, turned or doubled at its middle into a U shape, as at a, its two ends then being bent to a right angle, as at a, and. again bent slightly oblique and to a right angle, giving a horizontal portion,

- 4 5 I), its ends then terminating in straight parallel arms a c, which arms, when the deviceis in use, extend down over the front of the seatback.

B is an adjustable block, fitting between the arms 0 c and sliding thereon in grooves d on :fastened to tongue-pin eon a metal strip, f. which is connected between the horizontal bends b of the clamp.

On the face of the sliding block, near the top and bottom, are provided a hook, O, and

staple O, to which hook, when the contrivance l is simply to be used as a back head-rest by reclining the head backward thereon, the cushion D is suspended, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. l, the cushion being provided with a mat of canvas or other material on one side, the ends of which have secured or riveted thereto metal tips 9 9, having rings t i, which provide strong and yielding means for hang- 7o ing or suspending the cushion with less liability to tearing.

F is a bar of iron, bent-upward at one end and inversely at theother end, by which it is slipped in the staple C, the cushion being suspended therein on the hook above the staple and a similar hook in the upwardly-turned end of the strip F. This particular feature of our invention will be apparent, as by these means one is not compelled to simply recline his head backward while in a sitting posture,

. but can slide the contrivance to either end of "the seat and recline lengthwise therein, the

rest being parallel to the arms of the seat.

The metal bar F can be taken out of the upper staple and placed in the lower one, and when not required need not be used at all, as by suspending the cushion, as shown in dotted lines, a back headrest is obtained.

It will be obvious that an adjustment of the block to any desired height can be made, and many inconveniences of the traveler overcome with the use of our contrivance. It is portable, and can be packed up without monopolizing much space.

Having described our invention, what we claim is 1. In an adjustable head-rest for car or other seats, the combination of the clamp or frame terminating in the parallel arms, as described, [00

with the sliding block having grooves fitting I zontal portions 11 connected bya strip provided the parallel arms, said block having secured on its back, at the lower end, a strap, by which it is held to pin a of the frame, and on the face thereof the hooks and staples, substantiallyas set forth.

2. In an adjustable and detachable head-rest for car or other seats, the combination of the clamp and sliding block with the metal bar F, bent at each end and adapted to be fastened with the pin 6, the block B, constructed as described, whereby it may slide within the clamping-frame, strap 0, the metal bar F, and cushion, said cushion having aflixed thereto the means by which it is suspended between its 

